Cake-dropping machine.



R. HUMPHREYS.

CAKE DROPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.B. 1914.

1,151,465. Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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R. HUMPHREYS.

CAKE DROPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8. 1914.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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CAKE-DROPPING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 24, 1915.

Application filed August 8, 1914. Serial No. 855,804.

To allcohom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ronnnr HUMrHRnYs, a

subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Henryetta, in the county of Okmulgee and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in CakB-DI'OPPlDg Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a cake dropping machine, and has for its primary object to provide a machine of this character wherein the dough or material for the cake will be fed thereto so that onoperating the machine the dough or material will be cut into slices or separate parts to be deposited or dropped within a pan or other receptacle therefor for the cooking of the same. I

Another object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character wherein the cutting wire for severing the material or dough is mountcdin a novel manner and is operated to cut the dough or material for the dropping of cakes from the machine.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character wherein the details of construction are generally improved and rendered compact to assure the perfect working of the same.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character which is simple in construction,thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, readily and easily cleaned to render the same sanitary, and also which is inexpensive in manufacture.

lVith these and other objects in view,.the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings :-F igure 1 is a side elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing parts of the machine shifted for the severing of dough from the bulk. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 5 is a sectionalview on the line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the machine.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the

machine comprises a cylindrical body 10 preferably made from metal, and to the upper end of which is detachably'connected a hopper shaped flexible feed bag 11 prefer ably made from canvas, while the body in this instance is made from metal, although the same may be made from any other suitable material, the smallerend of the'bag 11 being detachably clamped to the upper end of the body in any suitable manner, and permanently fixed to the opposite end of the body is a plate 12 formed with opposite down-turned flanges 13 provided with elongated slots l l forming guide ways for rollers- 15 journaled upon hollow bosses or lugs 16 fixed in or integral with the ends of links 1? which are swingingly supported upon pivots 18 mounted in the long arms 19 of hell crank levers 20 which are fixed to the opposite ends of a main rocking shaft 21 journa led in bearings 22 formed on the body 10, the said shaft being extended through the latter.

The short arms 23 of the bell crank levers are formed with offset portions 24: and support pivots 25 to which are connected operating bars 26, the same being pivoted at 27 to the feet 28 of plungers 2.9,the same being slidably mounted in guide sleeves 30. ar ranged vertically and extending from diametrically opposite sides of the body 10. Passed through the upper ends ofthe plungers 29 and fixed in the feet 28 are brace rods 31 which materially strengthen the feet and rigidly connect the latter with the said .plungers to assure the proper working of the machine.

Mounted in the body 10, and projected through the lower discharge end thereof is a funnel-shaped ring 32, while above the said 9 ring interiorly of the body 10 is a spider 33, the radial wings 34E of which extend toward the center of the body to support the movable stem 35 of a funnel-shaped spreader 36, which is only used when it is desired to form doughnuts from the material or dough. the spreader 36 being removed when cakes are to be out by the machine.

Passed through the hollow bosses or lugs 16 is a cutting wire 37, one end of which is suitably fixed in one of the bosses or lugs, while the opposite end is engaged with a tightening screw 38 adjustably mounted in one of the links 17 so that the wire can be drawn taut, and this wire is adapted to pass across the discharge end of the funnel ring 32 for severing the dough into slices or cakes tobe deposited ina pan or the like. 1

Surrounding the rocking shaft .21 is a coiled expansion spring 39, one end l0 of which engages the'web 41 of one of the guide sleeves 30, 'while the opposite end 42 of the spring is engaged in one of the long arms 19 of one lever'20, the spring being designed to lower the plunger 29. in the sleeves 30 to normally position the cutting wire 37' at one side of the ring 32 so that on depressing the body 10'when the feet 28 are resting upon the pan the lever 20will be shiftedto throw the cutting wire 37 across the discharge end of the ring 32 so that on the movement of the Wire 37in one direction under the action of the spring 39 it will sever the dough into slice form for forming a cake which is dropped from the machine into the pan.

I To advancethedough within the body 10 of the machine the operator twists the bag '11 at the open end thereof, thereby compress- Of the machinef- 1 From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of operation'of the device .will be clearly understood, and there' fore a more extended eXplanation has been vomitted. r

What is claimed is: r 1.:A machine of the class described comprising a hollowbody, bell crank levers pivoted exteriorly to the body at opposite sides thereof, guides formed at opposite sides of the body, rollers movable in the guides,

links pivoted to thebell crank levers and having hollow lugs forming journals for the rollers, a cutting wire mounted in said lugs and movable across the discharge end of the body, and slidable means carried by the body and having connection with the levers for operating the same to move the wire.

2. A machine of the'class described comprising a hollow body, bell crank levers pivoted eXteriorlyto the body at opposite sides thereof, guides formedi at opposite sides of the body, rollers movable in the guides,

links pivoted to the bell cranklevers and having. hollow lugs forming journals for the rollers, a cutting wire mounted in said lugs and movable across the discharge end of the body, slidable means carried by the body and'having connection with the leversfor operating the same to move the wire; and means for tightening the'wire and supported by one of the links. I 1

3. A machine of the class described comprising a hollow body, bell crank levers pivoted exteriorly to the body at opposite sides thereof, guides formed at opposite sides of the body, rollers movable in the guides, links I pivoted to the bell crank levers and having hollow lugs forming journals for the rollers,

a cutting wire mounted in the said lugs and movable across the discharge end of the body, slidable means carried by the body and having connection with the-levers for operating-the same to move the wire, means for tightening the Wire and supported by one of the links, and spring means acting upon one of the'levers to move the cutting Wire to normal position at one side of the body. 7

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence; of two witnesses. r

. ROBERT HUMPHREYS.

Witnesses: CHAS. HALEY,

'W. O. NORTON.

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